Hungary plans second fence on Serbian border

Hungary will build a second fence on its Serbian border to block migrants from entering the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced Friday.

“Technical planning is under way to erect a more massive defense system next to the existing line of defense, which was built quickly [last year],” Orbán told public radio, Reuters reported.

The prime minister said Hungary had to prepare for the possible failure of the agreement between the European Union and Turkey, signed last March, which aimed to stem the flow of migrants entering Europe through the Balkan route.

“Then if it does not work with nice words, we will have to stop them with force, and we will do so,” Orbán said.